Machine Outperforms Humans In Baseball Challenge
Southeast Missouri State College faced an IBM 1620 computer named Gas in a company demonstration game. The human lineup, featuring Lajoie, Cobb, Sisler, Ruth, Williams, Hornsby, Wagner, Lombardi, Spahn, and Grove, defeated the machine 12 to 3 as the computer randomly matched players and produced a dynamic, nonpredictable contest.
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Cape’ Girardeau, Mo
Southeast Missouri State College
Clarence H. Dalton
IBM
Merous
Dalton
Nat. Lajoie
Athletics
Ty Cobb
Tigers
George Sisler
Browns
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Ruth
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Rogers Hornsby
Cardinals
Honus Wagner
Pirates
Erenie Lombardi
Reds
Lajoie
Cobb
Sisler
Williams
Hornsby
Wagner
Professor Dalton
Gus
Spahn
Alvin Dark
Bowlus Fine Arts Center Opens In Iola
Iola Kansas will dedicate the Thomas H Bowlus Fine Arts Center built from nearly 2 million left by banker Thomas H Bowlus. The center seats 750 with a flyleft stage, air conditioning, acoustics, and a 14 piano lineup plus a reconditioned Bowlus family piano. It houses art speech drama and music departments and aims for 1000 to 1200 pupil hours daily with two recital rooms and a little theater. Programs include Kansas City Philharmonic performances Nov 30 and Dec 1 and KU Brass Choir on Dec 7.
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Iowa
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Thomas H. Bowlus
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
University of Kansas Brass Choir
Williamsburg Area Notes Honors and Student Leaders
Williamsburg school groups elected officers for FFA Pep Club and Student Council. Notable posts include James Sowers as FFA president and Linda Seaton as Student Council president. District meeting attendance is planned for Saturday September 26 in Lawrence. Spanish language use grows among western South American Indians with Quechua dominance.
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F.F.A
James Sowers
Lloyd McClure
David Schwinn
Danny Cocran
Albert Reichard
Mike Howard
Earl Anderson
Penny Reekie
Nora Massey
Kathy Hoyt
Ed Ransom
Jack Hobbs
Lawrence
South America
Kilgore Rangerettes tryouts reveal new recruits
Kilgore College held the Rangerettes tryouts on a sultry night with 23 freshmen and 12 alternates selected from 80 candidates after two weeks of preliminaries. Gussie Nell Davis instructed the process as sophomores judged walks and performances amid drill and discipline.
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Kilgore
Tex
Kilgore College
Kilgore Rangerettes
East Texas Piney Woods
Chicago
Philadelphia
Gussie Nell Davis
Gussie Nell
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Virginia
South Carolina
Ilinois
Florida
Connecticut
Rangerettes
John T. Crim
Jane Goodall Discovers Chimpanzees Fashion crude Tools
English scientist Jane Goodall finds that young chimpanzees fashion and use crude implements, revealing advanced tool use in primates and shedding light on animal intelligence and behavior.
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Jane Goodall
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